CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SHATTERED IN NIGER Islamic anti-Christian rioting erupted in Nigers second largest city, Zinder, on Friday 16 January, spreading quickly to the capital, Niamey. It continued into the next day as Muslims protested blasphemous Charlie Hebdo (a French satirical magazine). Numerous Christian homes, schools and colleges were burnt, as was the SIM compound in Gourd, the Good Samaritan Orphanage run by the Assemblies of God, as well as upward of 70 churches. The bodies of at least five Christians were later found in various burnt-out churches. Though the population is 97 percent Muslim and 0.33 percent Christian, Niger is officially a secular state with religious freedom. However, fundamentalist Islam is growing. Such extreme, targeted violence is hitherto atypical and has left the Christian community shattered. Please pray for Niger and its Church.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:40:11 +0000
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